Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will leave the government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet in a Tuesday meeting.
Dermer will leave his post but will "remain around," Netanyahu reportedly told his advisers.
Walla reported that some of Dermer's responsibilities could go to Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar.
The reason for Dermer's leave is currently unknown.
This follows months of reports that Dermer will leave his post. Israel Hayom previously reported that Dermer had not set a departure date; he might stay on for a few short-term diplomatic efforts before officially resigning.
'Netanyahu and Dermer against the world'
Members of the Security Cabinet reported that Netanyahu and Dermer repeatedly withheld information from them.
Officials told N12 last month that they are largely left in the dark on the prime minister's plans for Gaza. This has reportedly led to growing tensions between political leaders and security officials.
"It's him [Netanyahu] and Dermer against the world," one cabinet source told N12.
"The source of the clash between the Chief of Staff and the Prime Minister and between the security officials and the political leadership is not just about gaps in perceptions regarding the Gaza occupation plan and the terms of the deal. The feeling we get from Netanyahu is one of exclusion. The Prime Minister does not share the plans with us beyond the official statements on Gaza," another official told N12.
In the same meeting, Netanyahu told Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Coalition chairman MK Simcha Rothman to begin pushing the law on appointments, arguing that “most civil servants share the same worldview, which creates an anti-democratic system.”
He reportedly named the ultra-Orthodox as a group that “must be recruited and has an interest in this no less than we do.”